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In another study looking at do-gooder derogation in children, participants preferred a more generous character throughout the study, which has inconsistencies with do-gooder derogation. However, when the child's generosity was less than that of another child, it didn't reverse their preference for the more generous child; their preference for ...
Pickaninny (also picaninny, piccaninny or pickininnie) is a pidgin word for a small child, possibly derived from the Portuguese pequenino ('boy, child, very small, tiny'). [1] It has been used as a racial slur for African American children and a pejorative term for Aboriginal children
Anchor baby is a term (regarded by some as a pejorative [1] [2]) used to refer to a child born to non-citizen parents in a country that has birthright citizenship which will therefore help the parents and other family members gain legal residency [3] or avoid deportation.
a child's high singing voice (US: usually soprano esp. for girls); a child with, or a musical piece for, that voice a high-pitched instrument the smallest, highest-pitched bell in a set (adj.) has three parts; threefold triangle any three-sided figure a triangular object used in technical drawing (UK: set square) [85] [86] trick
Microaggression is a term used for commonplace verbal, behavioral or environmental slights, whether intentional or unintentional, that communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative attitudes toward those of different races, cultures, beliefs, or genders. [1]
a notional source of unexpected or illogical questions, ideas, etc. ("that proposal came out of left field") [585] Defined by the Merriam-Webster online American dictionary as having American baseball-related origins [586] (the) Lower 48 used mainly by Alaskans, this is a colloquialism for the 48 Contiguous United States.
In historical linguistics, the process of an inoffensive word becoming pejorative is a form of semantic drift known as pejoration.An example of pejoration is the shift in meaning of the word silly from meaning that a person was happy and fortunate to meaning that they are foolish and unsophisticated. [3]
Derogation is a legal term of art, [1] [2] which allows for part or all of a provision in a legal measure to be applied differently, or not at all, in certain cases. [3] The term is also used in Catholic canon law, [4] [full citation needed] and in this context differs from dispensation in that it applies to the law, whereas dispensation applies to specific people affected by the law.